Flats Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustrator experiment

 

 

 

Day in the life interview

           

Interviewier: Helena (me)

1) What do you like about 2013?
i like freedom, freedom of movement. You can do what you like and i prefer fashion more'

2) Would you prefer living in the year 1970's or 2013?
i would prefer living in 2013 which is now because you can do what you want and that there is no one that is superial'. 'you can also dress however you like'

3) What clothes would they wear in 1970's?
They would wear hip style and they would often have massive afro hair'. 'The shoes that they would be  wearing is block heels and they would have fitted skirts on.

4) Who is your career idol?
'My career idol is Vivienne Westwood, i love her collection, shoes, bags, clothes and the latest clothing of hers that comes out.

5) How does your idol inspire you?
'The way her creations are unique and classy' (wedding collection)

Photographs of all work and annotated

MOOD BOARD

This is a digital mood board i have produced on photoshop as its more easier and quicker to create it digitally. My mood board is based on party outfits. I researched on party outfits and selected a variety of party dresses from the internet. The party dresses that i researched on mainly involved the colour red. I decided to use the colour red because i would wear something bright and flashy to a party and look visually impactive. There are simple patterns and designs on these party outfits which inspired me to do something simple for a finishing touch of my final garment. I have created a colour palette to remember and help me what colours i will be using for my final garment.









FLAT ILLUSTRATIONS

These are flat illustrations that i have roughly sketched out.I sketched out 10, added patterns and chose one out of the 10 roughs that i really liked and worked on that further more in details. Most of my flats have floral patterns because i really like floral and for it look more attractive maybe add something glittery either sequins or stones to make it look tempting.



SAMPLES

These are the samples i have made which is pleating and gathering. Gathering is a sewing technique where you can make the fabric go shorter. Pleating is where you overlap the fabric and pin each pleat up and start sewing. You would mostly see pleats in skirts as they use it often. When making them samples i found it tricky. I used the over locker to sew the fabric that frays. After completing the 2 samples i ironed them so it looks neat.


FLATS

These are digital flats. The colour on these flats  relates to the party research that i researched on. I used the colour picker on photoshop to get the correct colour. The colour palette  shows what colours i used on each and every item.






POLYVORE MOODBOARD

This is a moodboard I created on polyvore.
Polyvore is a website where you get a variety
of different products and create a set. My
polyvore contains a lot of red. It relates to my didital
flats and the digital mood board i have created.














FINAL ILLUSTRATION

This is the final illustration i chose to create for
my final outcome for the garment. This final illustration
shows what materials i will be using on my garment and
it also shows what colour i am going to add.














FINAL PATTERN

This is the final pattern of my garment. I have a front and a back.
On the front and back pattern i have marked the seam allowance
and darts.

TOILE


FINAL PIECE

weekly diary

GATHERED SLEEVE

This is a gathered sleeve.  I have divided the section

in 5 sections above and marked it 1 to 5. A gathered

sleeve is where the sleeve is puffed at the top with

gathers on.

FLARED SLEEVE

This is a flared sleeve. This sleeve has a lot of flares

on between each section. The sections on this makes

it flared. The more sections you do the more your 

sleeve will flare out.

PUFFED SLEEVE

This is a puffed sleeve. To create a puffed sleeve you

have to divide the sections. Puffed sleeves can either 

be 3 quarters or a full sleeve which is gathered at

the top and the bottom. 

This is a gathered sleeve i made. I used a block as a 

template and did the seam allowance. I cuth the 5 sections and

 divided the sleeve head in to 5 sections and balanced it

 out. 

GATHERED SLEEVE

This was an overall outcome for the gathered

sleeve i had made. 

Make, do and mend

What is make do and mend?

- Recreate
- Recycling
- Upcycling
- Rationing
- Patchwork
- Turned into something new
- Mend

What does make, do and mend mean?

MAKE:  making something new
DO:  make do with
MEND:  Repair fix

1) What was in fashion in the 1940's?
'We had roomy siren suits to put on over our pyjamas for when we had to go out to a shelter in an air  raid'. 

2) What jobs did women do in the 1940's?
'It became much more the norm to wear trousers as your clothes had to be practical if you were working in a factory or an farm'

3) How did the war effect fashion?
'As war shortages bit harder, decorating our clothes with unnecessary pleats, buttons, bows, belts, extra pockets, fancy stitching and embroidary was deemed an unpatriotic act and eventually made illegal'

4) What is rationing?
'fear that unless either supplies are increased, or the distribution of existing supplies is equalized'

Fashion in the 1940's

Fashion in the 1940's was not as valuable as it is now.World War 2 took place in the year 1940's. Women would usually work in a factory or a farm. Men would wear suits made out of rationed materials. 'It became much more the norm to wear trousers as your clothes had to be practical if you were working in a factory or an farm' This quote shows that they would wear trousers whilst making practical clothes. 'Leather and petrol rationing meant that thick cork wedge and sturdy shoes were the most practical so we could walk in comfort' This quote mentions that thick shoes were more practical to wear because it was easier for the women to walk in comfort, so leather and petrol were rationed so this meant they had to share the leather equally on the other hand clothes was a major thing at that time so they had to make, do and mend which meant they could either make something new, repairing the existing clothes they have at the moment or do something with it like adding something of their own and recreating it. In 50 years of everyday fashion magazine it mentions about clothes which had to be made mended or recreating and they also mention why it was hard which was because of the world war.'As war shortages bit harder, decorating our clothes with unnecessary pleats, buttons, bows, belts, extra pockets, fancy stitching and embroidery was deemed an unpatriotic and eventually made illegal. They would add pleats add extra pockets and bows and fancy stitching. So in women wouldn't throw there clothes away.

whats next

25 circus images

CLOWN COSTUME DESIGNS

1) This clown costume has a yellow dress

with multicoloured dots. It has a hoop around the 

bottom of the dress with a pink and yellow jacket. It

has a bow tie, black and pink stripy tights

with a top hat.

2) This is a harlequin costume. The theme of

this costume is black and red. The dress of this costume

is really puffy at the bottom with red bold ribbon. On the

stockings one leg is chequered and one is stripy which makes

it look more eye catching. The gloves are long and is

black and red on each arm.

3) This clown costume is wearing a yellow dress with

multicoloured polka dots with matching boots. She is wearing

a pair of bloomers with multicoloured straps on the bottom

so it matches the costume.This clown costume is holding a 

bouquet for a finishing touch.

4) This is a chequered clown costume. The waistcoat 

is yellow with red, black and white chequered lines. It has

red buttons at the centre. The jacket is blue with 

red, white and dark blue chequered lines on. The

collar and the gloves are white and the bottom bit of the

 trousers are chequered, same like the waistcoat.

 This clown is wearing blue clown pumps.

 The wig of this clown is afro and very colourful.

5) This is a halloween costume. This costume has

a bloody striped stripy shirt with black trousers. He

has braces on with white gloves and hat. 

6) This is a red clown jumpsuit with yellow 

polka dots all over the full costume. It has yellow 

and red clown boots on. This clown has a multicoloured

 wig on.

7) This circus clown has thick red, blue and yellow stripes 

on the top of this costume.The trousers are blue

with a matching hat. There is a

orange feather on the hat that makes 

it look more attractive. The socks are blue and red with 

yellow and red costume boots.

8) This is a simple circus costume. The colours

 are in blocks and the fact they have 

repeated the same colours. This costume has a

nice simple yellow wig,white gloves and black shoes.

9) This is a stripy clown costume. The top of this

shirt is bright yellow and a black and white polka

dot tie. The pants are multicoloured striped.

10) This costume has pink,purple and red 

flower print all over the dress. She is wearing

bloomers on the bottom. The arms are bloomer style.

She is wearing a big messy orange wig with pink

highlights. She is wearing clown red clown 

boots to match her costume.

11) This is a multicoloured clown costume. This clown 

has a matching tie and has a blue afro wig 

on. The arms are both different colours as

well as the pockets. He is wearing a yellow 

flowered hat with yellow and red clown boots.

12) This clown is very colourful. The dress has coloured

frills on the chest bit and the bottom of the

dress. She has coloured tights on and red shoes. She 

has a green red and yellow little hat on.

13) This is a green and blue corset with green frills

 on the bottom. This clown has white gloves 

and a white apron on with blue frills on.

14) This clown costume has red and white thick stripped

trousers. The top of the clown is blue and

red with yellow and red arms. It has a white collar on

with white gloves.

15) This is a neon coloured corset. This corset

has colours all over the costume. She has a 

coloured bow tie on with coloured straps and a

coloured hat with a flower on.

16) This is a black and pink corset. This corset

is puffed at the bottom. She has pink

gloves on with a pink little feathered top hat. 

17) This clown costume has a flared dress on with simple 

flowers and colours on. This clown has 

a white body top on with a red bow tie and

red clown boots.

18) This costume involves primary colours. The top

of this costume is divided with 2 different 

patterns on each side. The tutu is very puffy with

black frills on the bottom of each colour. She has

back and white stripped tights on with high black shoes.

19) This is a midnight red corset with

gold on. It has black tights on with black high shoes.

She has black gloves on with a black umbrella.

20) This costume is mint green and purple with

puffed arms. It has gold work on most the 

outfit. She has gold high knee shoes on.

21) This costume is black and red. She is wearing fish

net tights with gold shoes. The bottom of the

dress has black and red frills on.

22) This costume has several coloured polka

dots all over with a pink belt. She has 3 coloured 

buttons coming down the costume with a massive

orange wig.

23) This is a harlequin costume. She has really long

black stockings on with a chequered corset. She

also has matching chequered gloves on with 

a little top hat.

24) This is a blue and white harlequin costume. The costume

has chequered designs at on end and

plain blue at the bottom. She is wearing high red shoes.

25) This costume is black and white stripped all

over the full corset. She has stripped stockings

on with polka dots on the arm and a little hat.

Manish Arora: http://www.wearefur.com/fur-fashion/designers/manish-arora